The site's main plant was constructed in 1927 for the Royal Laundry Company, a laundry service founded in 1910. The plant's south annex, a
Streamline Moderne building topped by a pylon, was added to the complex around 1930. An additional building providing drive-up service was constructed in 1939, an adaptation to the rise of the automobile; this building was topped by an overhead sign advertising the business in 1955. The laundry complex, which is located in an industrial neighborhood of Pasadena, has been described as one of the most architecturally significant industrial buildings in the city. The Royal Laundry ceased operations in 1980s and became a vacant property. A parking ramp was built in 2005 with four stories with capacity for 225 cars. The complex interior was converted to corporate office space by October 2008 by Clive Wilkinson Architects. Hoops Retail Stores, DBA
Disney Store and a subsidiary of
Children's Place, commenced a 13-year lease of the building in 2006. but maintained its headquarters here. In mid-November 2018, the Disney Stores USA headquarters moved out of the complex to Disney's secondary headquarters,
Grand Central Creative Campus. Since April 2019, it is the headquarters of
Bluebeam Inc. == See also ==